Art Lessons for Kids
After teaching art for four years, and being a creative person, I’m always trying to come up with some new twists on some perennial favorites. The first grade self portrait is one such project. I wanted the kids to not only focus on what they look like but to image themselves in the future. To answer [...]
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This two-part lesson for first graders is one of my favorites. I love the collage aspect of this project. It requires at least three, 40 minute classes or 2 one-hour classes. Background supplies 12″ x 18″ watercolor paper Palettes of liquid watercolors (blues, yellow, green, orange and brown) Oil Pastels (white, green, black and brown) [...]
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Forty little penguins, in various shades of black, yellow and sometimes blue, marched across the art studio this past month. With a wad of clay in their hands, first grade students received a paper printed with various sized circles indicating the size in which to roll out small balls that will eventually form into a penguin. [...]
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This lesson is a fun substitute to regular portraits. First, the kids looked at pictures of Picasso’s portraits (Portrait of Marie-Therese and Portrait of Dora Maar) and studied the shapes and patterns Picasso used. They loved Picasso’s way of drawing the facial features. Then, following a directed-line drawing the kids drew a head, neck, body and [...]
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The kids at Foothill School painted sailboats in art class this week. We talked a bit about the basic parts of a boat and worked hard to create a boom big enough to paint. The sails were the most fun to decorate. A few kids added skulls and cross bones…I mean, what pirate boat would [...]
